2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,068 people earned their degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching, making the major the 318th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 182 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality kindergarten/preschool education and teaching programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the kindergarten/preschool education and teaching program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The kindergarten/preschool education and teaching school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

Westfield State University

Westfield, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$17,643 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westfield State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Westfield State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Westfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 45 bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Westfield did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Westfield is $17,643 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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